Helen Keller Intl
Helen Keller Intl's Vitamin A Supplementation program Improves child health and survival rates by partnering with governments across Africa to deliver lifesaving vitamin A supplements and complementary activities to millions of children annually.
Helen Keller International works in 20 countries worldwide, dedicating over 82% of every dollar directly to their programs. In the past year, they reached 81 million people with essential nutrition and healthcare services. Inspired by Helen Keller's legacy as a champion for vulnerable people, the organisation strives to improve education, social justice, and healthcare for underrepresented groups, redefining our understanding of human potential.
Tackling critical issues
People reached with essential nutrition and healthcare services last year
Of every dollar donated goes directly to their programs
Children provided with vitamin A capsules in 2022
Helen Keller Intl
is a high impact charity
Helen Keller Intl
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Effective charities are organisations that use donations effectively to achieve their goals. That is, they are able to accomplish a lot with the resources they have. There are many factors that go into determining whether a charity is effective, including how well it is run, how efficiently it uses donations, how much good it does per dollar donated, and more.Some charities aim to improve lives directly, for example through medical aid or public health projects. Some do so indirectly, for example by researching the best charities to give to, or helping students find more effective careers. Some do so by advocacy work such as lobbying for nuclear weapons safety or corporate farming reforms.
There are many reasons to give to effective charities. These include:
1. We want to do good, not harm.
2. We have limited resources.
3. Charity effectiveness varies significantly.
4. Charity is about helping others.
5. Helping more is better than helping less.
6. Our decisions carry implicit moral judgements.
7. We care about effectiveness elsewhere.
8. We expect effectiveness from others.
9. Supporting effective charities creates a virtuous cycle.
10. Giving effectively just makes sense.
At Effective Giving Ireland, we only recommend charities for which we have good reasons to believe they can do a lot of good with the resources they have. Our recommended charities work on high-impact cause areas and have been evaluated to be highly effective by trusted charity evaluators and grantmakers. In addition, many of the charities we recommend are highly transparent, which means they provide a lot of information about how they use donations. This allows donors to see how their money is being used and to make an informed decision about whether they want to continue supporting the charity.
That's fine! We encourage everyone to research and make their own decisions about which charities to support.We also recognise that people have different opinions about what is effective and what is not. What matters most to us is that you are thoughtful and intentional about your giving, and that you are trying to have as much positive impact as possible.We also welcome feedback (it’s how we get better!) and encourage you to contact us if you have any specific feedback you’d like to provide.
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